So for the last few weeks of December I started taking my first steps. I'd take 2 or 3 here and there, but Mama & Papa could never catch it on camera. By Christmas night I was taking steps in front of all our friends, but still, Mama & Papa couldn't catch me on video. Then again on New Year's Eve, showing off for our friends, but still nothing on video. Finally, on Friday, January 2nd, Mama got her camera out in the late afternoon and kept it close by until I went to bed that night.
Mama and Papa tried to entice me into taking a few steps on camera quite a few times - "why don't you walk over and get jack", "come and get your sippy cup", and "Papa's got pretzels" were just a few of their attempts and still they were not able to catch anything substantial. Papa even let me hold on to his leg and we walked all the way across the living room into the kitchen and back again, but I never let go once.
Finally, Mama followed me out to the kitchen where I was "cruising" against the stove at first but then had to let go and actually walk a few steps to my "organizing project" that I felt needed attending to in the recycling bag.
By that evening, I was walking EVERYWHERE and I haven't stopped since. Every once in a while if I need to get somewhere really fast, I'll get down and crawl, but for the most part, I'm done with that!
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